diff --git a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/bazel/java/bazel_java_binary.bzl b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/bazel/java/bazel_java_binary.bzl
index ca2c8e3872fbbf..1211f4e621ba83 100644
--- a/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/bazel/java/bazel_java_binary.bzl
+++ b/src/main/starlark/builtins_bzl/bazel/java/bazel_java_binary.bzl
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ def _create_windows_exe_launcher(ctx, java_executable, classpath, main_class, jv
         inputs = [launcher_artifact],
         outputs = [executable],
         arguments = [launcher_artifact.path, launch_info, executable.path],
+        use_default_shell_env = True,
     )
     return executable